Chess Journal - Archives

The Dangers of bringing out the Queen early on

Chess Principals 1

Posted by Julian on March 14, 2024

Surviving a Terrible Opening

OTB Game Analysis 17

Posted by Julian on March 7, 2024

Achieving GM Level Strength Without Calculation

DeepMind's latest paper about chess

Posted by Julian on March 1, 2024

King and Pawn Endgame Basics

Essential Knowledge about Endgames

Posted by Julian on February 16, 2024

OTB Game Analysis 16

An exciting King's Indian game

Posted by Julian Kern on February, 2024

Unlocking your hidden Chess Potential

Book Review Hidden Potential

Posted by Julian Kern on February 5, 2024

OTB Tournament Report 6

Interesting games and a disappointing result

Posted by Julian Kern on January 15, 2024

OTB Game Analysis 15

Round 3 against a 1880

Posted by Julian Kern on January 8, 2024

LoneWolf S31 Rounds 10-11

The final two rounds of the tournament

Posted by Julian Kern on December 28, 2023

LoneWolf S31 Rounds 6-9

Interesting games against strong opposition

Posted by Julian Kern on December 7, 2023

November Training Plan Update

Some setbacks

Posted by Julian Kern on December 4, 2023

The Dangers of Playing well

How overconfidence leads to terrible blunders

Posted by Julian Kern on November 17, 2023

LoneWolf S31 Rounds 3-5

Some painful setbacks

Posted by Julian Kern on November 9, 2023

OTB Game Analysis 14

Round 3 against a 1830

Posted by Julian Kern on November 7, 2023

October Training Plan Update

Reflecting on the first month of my training plan

Posted by Julian Kern on November 1, 2023

Training Week 4

Posted by Julian Kern on October 30, 2023

Training Week 3

Posted by Julian Kern on October 24, 2023

LoneWolf S31 Rounds 1-2

A promising start to the new season

Posted by Julian Kern on October 19, 2023

Training Week 2

Posted by Julian Kern on October 16, 2023

Training Week 1

Posted by Julian Kern on October 9, 2023

OTB Game Analysis 13

Round 2 against a 1850

Posted by Julian Kern on October 8, 2023

Training Week 0

Posted by Julian Kern on October 1, 2023

OTB Game Analysis 12

Round 1 against a 1300

Posted by Julian Kern on September 20, 2023

Tournament Report 5

A good tournament with a disappointing end

Posted by Julian Kern on August 26, 2023

OTB Game Analysis 11

Converting an extra exchange out of the opening

Posted by Julian Kern on July 5, 2023

OTB Game Analysis 10

Converting an extra pawn out of the opening

Posted by Julian Kern on April 27, 2023

OTB Game Analysis 9

Converting an Opening Advantage

Posted by Julian Kern on April 13, 2023

Comparing the Sharpness of Openings

Evaluating Sharpness Part 2

Posted by Julian Kern on March 25, 2023

Endgame Study 13

G. Zakhodyakin, 1931

Posted by Julian Kern on March 20, 2023

Evaluating sharpness with Leela’s WDL

Can LC0 tell you how sharp a position is?

Posted by Julian Kern on March 17, 2023

Endgame Study 12

A. Trotsky, 1924

Posted by Julian Kern on March 14, 2023

Lichess 4545 S33 Review - Part 3

Rounds 7-8

Posted by Julian Kern on March 9, 2023

Endgame Study 11

G. Kasparyan, 1955

Posted by Julian Kern on March 3, 2023

Lichess 4545 S33 Review - Part 2

Rounds 5-6

Posted by Julian Kern on Feburary 23, 2023

OTB Game Analysis 8

Playing with more risk

Posted by Julian Kern on Feburary 20, 2023

Endgame Study 10

H. Faheni, 1922

Posted by Julian Kern on Feburary 15, 2023

Lichess 4545 S33 Review - Part 1

Rounds 1-4

Posted by Julian Kern on Feburary 9, 2023

Endgame Study 9

Enrico Paoli, 1949

Posted by Julian Kern on Feburary 6, 2023

Endgame Study 8

Alexey Troitzky, 1911

Posted by Julian Kern on December 11, 2022

OTB Game Analysis 7

Missing the right plan

Posted by Julian Kern on November 30, 2022

Endgame Study 7

Alexey Troitzky, 1896

Posted by Julian Kern on September 14, 2022

Endgame Study 5

Ilham Aliev, 2008

Posted by Julian Kern on August 26, 2022

OTB Tournament Report 4

My best OTB tournament so far

Posted by Julian Kern on August 23, 2022

OTB Game Analysis 6

Another lucky victory

Posted by Julian Kern on August 20, 2022

Endgame Study 4

Frederick Lazard, 1948

Posted by Julian Kern on August 8, 2022

OTB Game Analysis 5

More luck than skill

Posted by Julian Kern on July 31, 2022

Endgame Study 3

Otto Blathy, 1962

Posted by Julian Kern on July 29, 2022

Endgame Study 2

Revaz Tavariani, 1970

Posted by Julian Kern on July 21, 2022

OTB Game Analysis 4

Losing the thread of the game

Posted by Julian Kern on July 19, 2022

OTB Tournament Report

Winning my second OTB tournament

Posted by Julian Kern on July 13, 2022

OTB Game Analysis

Seeing ghosts

Posted by Julian Kern on July 8, 2022

A beautiful Endgame Study

Posted by Julian Kern on June 6, 2022

OTB Game Analysis 2

The worst OTB game of my life (so far)

Posted by Julian Kern on March 6, 2022

Weekly Puzzles 6

Tactics from a young Carlsen - 1

Posted by Julian Kern on April 22, 2022

OTB Game Analysis 1

Messing up a good position

Posted by Julian Kern on April 20, 2022

Weekly Puzzles 5

Posted by Julian Kern on April 16, 2022

Weekly Puzzles 4

One Move Puzzles

Posted by Julian Kern on April 6, 2022

OTB Tournament Report

Bouncing back from a difficult start

Posted by Julian Kern on April 2, 2022

Weekly Puzzles 3

Posted by Julian Kern on March 23, 2022

Weekly Puzzles 2

Posted by Julian Kern on March 14, 2022

Weekly Puzzles 1

Posted by Julian Kern on March 7, 2022

Simple Rook Endgame Studies

Improve your calculation by solving studies

Posted by Julian Kern on March 1, 2022

Understanding Engines - Part 1

Getting familiar with the engines you use

Posted by Julian Kern on November 10, 2021

Schematic Thinking - Endgames 1

An important thinking technique in endings

Posted by Julian Kern on October 27, 2021

My thoughts on openings

How I approach the first part of the game

Posted by Julian Kern on October 14, 2021

My First OTB Tournament

A report about the first OTB tournament of my life

Posted by Julian Kern on October 6, 2021

My #100daysofchess

How I spent 100 days on chess study

Posted by Julian Kern on October 2, 2021

Book Review: Bent Larsen's Best Games

A very inspiring game collection by a creative chess player

Posted by Julian Kern on September 15, 2021